USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Two governing bodies of Congress were established by the Great Compromise. According to the Great Compromise, a bicameral Congress will have two state assemblies.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Virginia Plan, drafted by James Madison and introduced to the Convention by Edmund Randolph on May 29, 1787, proposed the creation of a bicameral national legislature, or a legislature consisting of two houses, in which the “rights of suffrage” in both houses would be proportional to the size of the state.

Detailed explanation-3: -Article I, Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three branches of government were created with separate powers. The bicameral legislature was composed of the Upper House (Senate) and the Lower House (House of Representatives). The members of the Senate were based on equal representation, with two delegates per state.

Detailed explanation-5: -Their so-called Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise in honor of its architects, Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth) provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.